Men’s Basketball Final Record: 18-7 Overall, 14--6 MIAC (3rd Place) Recent Results: Concordia 65 at Macalester 79 - MIAC Semifinals - Box Score/Recap Upcoming Events: End of Season Latest News and Notes: - The Concordia men’s basketball team finished the season with their third highest win total in program history. The Cobbers were 18-8 overall and made it to the MIAC semifinals. The last time the team won more games was during the 1995-96 campaign when they went 21-6 and won the MIAC playoff tournament. - The Cobbers set a school record for highest free throw percentage in a season. Entering the year, the high-water mark was 71.9%, which was set during the 1978-79 season. The 2003-04 team finished the year with a 76.7% mark.  - Duane Siverson's crew ended the season by being ranked in the top 15 in the nation in field goal percentage, 3-point free throw percentage and free throw percentage. The Cobbers ranked 14th in field goal percentage (49.7%), seventh in 3-point percentage (41.7%) and ninth in free throw percentage (76.7%).  - Joe Bueckers (Sr., Pine River, Minn./Pine River-Backus HS) finished the year by being ranked second in NCAA Division III, and third in all NCAA divisions, in free throw percentage. Bueckers shot 94.7% from the foul line. The 2003-04 NCAA Division III leader was Justin Moyer of Randolph-Macon who shot 94.8%.

Women’s Basketball
Final Record: 21-7 Overall, 17-5 MIAC (4th Place)
Recent Results: Concordia 73 at St. Ben's 70 - MIAC Semifinals - Box Score/Recap; Concordia 40 at Carleton 62 - MIAC Championship - Box Score/Recap
Upcoming Events: End of Season

Latest News and Notes:
- The Concordia women’s basketball team finished the year with 21 wins. That is the most since the 1990-091 season. It also marks the 17th time in the history of the women’s basketball program that the team has posted a 20-win season. That is tied for the most 20-win seasons out of all the schools in the MIAC.

- The Cobber women’s team ended the year with a 21-7 overall record this season. That marks a seven game improvement over last year’s record, which is the single biggest improvement in one year in the history of the program.

- Mandy Pearson (Jr., Watkins, Minn./Eden Valley-Watkins HS) led Concordia in scoring this season by amassing 395 points. She now has 931 career points and is on pace to become the 19th player in women’s basketball history to surpass the 1,000-point barrier.
 

Men’s Hockey Final Record: 5-17-3 Overall, 4-10-2 MIAC (7th Place) Recent Results: Bethel 4 at Concordia 3- Box Score/Recap; Bethel 6 at Concordia 2 - Box Score/Recap Upcoming Events: End of Season Latest News and Notes: - Jon Rudnick (Fr., Moorhead, Minn.) finished the year as the seventh highest scorer among first year players in the MIAC. He scored 11 goals and contributed four assists on the year. He was also tied for third in the league in power play goals (4). - Concordia junior Shawn Kleven (Crookston, Minn.) led the team in scoring in 2003-04. Kleven finished the season with nine goals and ten assists for 19 points. His previous highest season point total was seven points back in 2001-02.  - Andy Vix (Sr., Rochester, Minn./Rochester John Marshall HS) finished his Cobber career by recording 18 points this season. His 13 assists was tops on the team. He finished his four seasons with 73 total points. Of those 73 points, 48 came off of assists.

Women’s Hockey
Current Record: 8-12-0 Overall, 7-11-0 MIAC (6th Place)
Recent Results: Concordia 5 at St. Olaf 4 - Box Score/Recap; Concordia 3 at Bethel 2 - Box Score/Recap
Upcoming Events: End of Season

Latest News and Notes:
- Concordia’s Lindsay Kurtis (Sr., Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley HS) finished her career one point away from tying the school's all-time career point record. Kurtis finished her four years with 137 points, which was one shy of Katie Jacques' mark of 138 set at the end of last season. Kurtis closed to within inches by having a six-point weekend in the Cobbers' last series of the year against St. Olaf. She picked up three assists and the game-winning goal in Friday's 5-4 Concordia victory. On Saturday she tallied two assists in the 4-2 season-ending loss against the Oles.

- Junior Lindsay Czarnecki (Riverside, Cali./Riverside Poly HS) finished the year by leading the Cobbers in scoring. She scored a team-high 14 goals and added eight assists for a total of 22 points. Her previous season high came last season when she put up 16 points.
 

Women’s Swimming and Diving Recent Results: 7th Place at MIAC Championship Meet - Complete Results Upcoming Events: End of Season

Men’s Tennis
Recent Results: No Recent Results
Upcoming Events: at St. Mary's on Saturday, March 13 at 3:00pm.

Latest News and Notes:
- No Recent Results
 

Women’s Tennis Recent Results: No Recent Results Upcoming Events: at St. Mary's on Saturday, March 13 at 10:00am; at St. Kate's on Sunday, March 14 at 10:00am  Latest News and Notes: - No Recent Results

Men’s Track and Field
Recent Results: at the Cal Rossi Relays at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College (CA) - Meet Results
Upcoming Events: at the MIAC Championship Meet on Friday, March 5 at 5:30pm and Saturday, March 6 at 11:30am

MIAC Championship Meet Preview:
The Concordia men’s track and field team is hoping that several great individual performances will spark the team at the 2003-04 MIAC Championship Meet.

Ben Nylander (Sr., Lisbon, N.Dak.) has been the most consistent performer for Garrick Larson’s crew. Nylander has placed in the top ten in every race that he has competed in this season. He currently ranks fifth in the 1000 meters and ninth in the 1500 meters among conference athletes this season. Joining Nylander as a top contender at the conference meet will be Kyle Halliday (Jr., Willmar, Minn.). Halliday holds the top time in the conference in the 600 meters, an event that is not run at the conference meet. His time in the 600 meters translates into the fourth best time in the 600 yards – which will be run. He also holds the fifth best time in the 800 meters in the MIAC. Luke Draxten (So., Fergus Falls, Minn.) will lead the group of field athletes for the Cobbers. Draxten posted a height of 6-4 in the high jump in the first meet of the year, and is currently ranked sixth in the event.
 

Women’s Track and Field Recent Results: at the St. Olaf Open - Meet Results; at the Cal Rossi Relays at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College (CA) - Meet Results Upcoming Events: at the MIAC Championship Meet on Friday, March 5 at 5:30pm and Saturday, March 6 at 11:30am Latest News and Notes: - The Concordia women’s track team competed in their first outdoor event of the season. The Cobbers traveled to California over spring break to compete in the Cal Rossi Relays at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College. Nicole Plante (Jr., Fort Benton, Mont.) was the highlight for the Cobbers, as she set a personal record in the javelin. Plante unleashed a toss of 140-11, which misses an NCAA automatic qualifying mark by a mere two inches. That distance will be a provisionally qualifying mark once performances are accepted by the NCAA on March 1.  - Angie Pfeiffer (So., Colman S.Dak./Colman-Egan HS) finished fourth in the 100-meter dash at the Cal Rossi Relays in a time of 12.33. She beat scholarship runners from the University of Southern California and other NCAA Division I and II schools. That time is only .11 off the mark that she ran at the NCAA National Meet last season to claim All-American honors.  MIAC Championship Meet Preview: For the first time in awhile, the Concordia women’s track and field team will not rely on their traditionally-rich field athletes to push them into the top three at the MIAC Championship Meet. If the Cobbers are to finish in the top three in the conference for the sixth time in the past seven years, Marv Roeske’s team will have to do it with sheer speed. The Cobbers have a strong crew of sprinters, distance and multi-event athletes who will hope to make a run at the defending champion St. Thomas Tommies. The Cobber pentathletes will be looking to give Concordia an early lead in the meet. Renee Splichal (Sr., Garrison, N.Dak.) and Nicole Plante (Jr., Fort Benton, Mont.) are the top two rated pentathletes in the conference. Splichal posted a score of 2890 at the Cobber Pentahlon and was the first female athlete in the history of the school to clear 11-0 in the pole vault. Plante is ranked second in the event and finished fourth in the hepatathlon at last year’s outdoor meet. Sophomore sprinter Angie Pfeiffer (Colman, S.Dak./Colman-Egan HS) has made the most noise of the Concordia track athletes this season. She set a school record in the 60 meters this season and currently holds five different school all-time marks. She is currently ranked first in the 400 meters, second in the 200 meters and third in the 55 meters in the conference this season. Joining Pfeiffer, as possible point winners in the sprints, will be Amy Ravenhorst (Fr., Hollandale, Minn./Albert Lea HS) and Alissa Bilden (Fr., Miles, City, Mont./Custer County HS). Both athletes have posted times in the top ten of the MIAC this season. The top threat in the distance events for Concordia is Lisa Owen (Sr., Sr., Mineral, Virg./Minot (ND). Owen, an all-conference award winner in cross-country in the fall, is ranked fifth in the 1500 meters and ninth in the 1000 meters. If all the pieces can fall into place for the Concordia women’s track and field team then the Cobbers could make a run at their third conference indoor title.

Wrestling
Recent Results: 11th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional - Meet Results
Upcoming Events: End of Season
 

Baseball Recent Results: in Florida for Spring Break - Complete Results Upcoming Events: in Florida for Spring Break - March 3-5; UW-Superior at Concordia on Friday, March 26 at 1:30pm and Saturday, March 27 at 1:00pm Latest News and Notes: - Complete coverage of the Cobber trip to Florida for spring break can be found at: www.gocobbers.com/bb04.html

Fastpitch Softball
Recent Results: in Florida for Spring Break - Complete Results
Upcoming Events: in Florida for Spring Break - March 3-5; MSU-Moorhead at Concordia on Thursday, March 25 at 4:00pm

Latest News and Notes:
- Complete coverage of the Cobber trip to Florida for spring break can be found at: www.gocobbers.com/sb04.html
 
 

Please Note: The views written in this piece are the work of the writer and and do not necessarily reflect the views of Concordia College. They are not meant to harm or disrespect any of the athletes or school. It is merely an attempt to give the reader a different perspective into the world of Concordia athletics. Different Perspective Index: November 25 - December 2 - December 9 - January 28 - February 4 - February 11 - February 18 - February 25 March 3, 2004 Since the college is on spring break this week, there will be no "Different Perspective" column. The column will resume next week when school is back in session.

 
 

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